Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > DSC message board etiquette PLEASE READ

[kwikbitch]

Yeah! I was there Eamon and voted for a members area!:P
Good idea to edit though...BUT I just worry that we are already giving a "them and us" attitude from the way that some club members treat newbies.
Perhaps i'm just a "nice" person that worries too much!
:P

[Rocker]

This is just a thought from someone who was a bit upset by the aggressive reply to one of his first postings and would have not posted again if it hadn't been for a conversation with a member on another group.Would it not be possible to show ones DSC membership number alongside the other details in the left hand colum. At least then any newcomer who thought that a poster's attitude was " A bit off" would know if that person was a DSC member or not
Not only did the fact that I was sworn at in the reply to my first posting put me off posting again but it made me feel that I wanted no more to do with the club itself. In my job I am sworn at by the public most days but at least I am paid for it. i really don't want the same experiance in my social life
Fortunately for me I was persuaded to give it another go for which I am grateful. a big thank you to the member who persuaded me. You know who you are.
I am sorry to go on so long but as a relative newcomer I am in a position to know how it feels coming on to the board for the first time

[Michael J]

Rocker, are you a parking warden

Only kidding. Belated welcome m8!

Mike

[Rocker]

No I'm not but I know a man that is.
BTW what did you say your Reg number is

[Edited on 11-3-2004 by Rocker]

[Glyn]

welcome back rocker.
there's some pretty good people around here m8
lots of help and advice to be found

[Rocker]

Thanks I have already discovered how helpfull people on here can be and I hope to meet some of them this summer

[SSTU]

Hi all
Just back from my holls!
Anything interesting happen while I was away?

[paulmort]

I'll have a virtual pint of Pedigree.
On a more serious note, I think Board Etiquette is of prime concern, as all who have followed the recent thread that I thought was, to say the least, OTT to a degree that I had to complain vociferously, the MT or other DSC Members should have the option to request "pulling" anything that is beyond the bounds of common decency.
Think of it like this.
One/. Would it be publishable in the local newspaper?
Two/. If you received a mail like this, would you be extremely offended?

If the answer to either is Yes, then some sort of censorship may be applied
Please note that I have used the terms Option, may, etc, so that this means it is not a "right" but could be applied where necessary
Big Brother Watching You, well yes to some degree, but as an open forum we as members must surely be aware that litigation could be applied if someone went so OTT that an individual thought a lawsuit could be brought.
Slander and Libel (Slander for spoken untruths, and Libel for written untruths) are not so uncommon these days, and as I tried to point out before in another thread, written includes letters, e-mails etc.
Maybe Im overcautious, but in this lititigous age, we need to monitor ourselves.
MT and Members, what say you.
As an example, Ive held back on a company that have done work on my machine and failed miserably to live up to their written and spoken promises, but I have refrained from ****ging them off in public.
OK maybe this mail from me is over the top, but if we cant monitor ourselves, who will and what will the people we are trying to attract think??
Regards
Mort

If you would rather not reply in a public domain, u2u me or e-mail me at mortonp1@aol.com
but no attachments as these will be deleted without opening

[Road Runner]

Well I agree with Henners and joined the club for the same reasons except I bought my duke before joining.
If I come across threads on the site I find offensive or not Ducati related I stop reading them. I do belive in freedom of speech but agree with the webteam lets keep it clean and above all keep it Ducati not cars or jap bikes..
Ducati only..

just my opinion


Mark

[John W]

I agree with mark, we aren't forced to readall the posts.

And Lisa, having a second read of your post before you hit the 'reply' button is not a bad thing. Many a time on this and other boards I've written a response to something, then read it and decided to simply not post it as it added little value to the conversation.

Rocker, I like your idea of showing who are members. Just as we know who is a webteam member, why not show who is a club member.
This may sound daft but if the majority of posters are members, seeing the fact helps to persuade other non-members to join. It certainly works on some of the car boards I frequent anyway

Cheers,
John.